The System Properties window will appear afterward.

Type “environment variables” on Windows Search and click Edit the system environment variables on the search results. Once installed, you need to setup the environment variables for two GhostScript’s folders: bin and lib. Simply double-click the binary file (the EXE file) to install it on your computer. Make sure to select a version according to your operating system version (32 bit or 64 bit). First, download the GhostScript binary file from its official website. In this post, we will show you how to install and use GhostScript on Windows. GhostScript is available for Windows and Linux. GhostScript will convert/interpret your EPS file (Encapsulated PostScript) to a format that is recognized by Inkscape. It is a software suite based on an interpreter for Adobe Systems’ PostScript and Portable Document Format (PDF) page description languages. To open and edit an EPS file using Inkscape, you can install GhostScript. It doesn’t mean you can’t open and edit an EPS file with Inkscape.

Unfortunately, the same capability is not owned by Inkscape. Popular vector graphic software like Illustrator and CorelDRAW have the capability to edit an EPS file by default. If you download a vector file from sites like Freepik or Vexels, chances are you will get an EPS file after extracting the ZIP file.

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